ATLANTA, GA, November 17, 2008 �The
Rainmaker Group, a world leader in automated profit
optimization software and services to the gaming hospitality and multifamily
housing industries for total
customer value, announced deepening ties with Microsoft Corp. that
will result, in part, in gaming hospitality operators� ability to extend
enterprise data beyond the revenue management boundary. The benefits to
operators of rich data in Rainmaker�s revolution
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Profit Optimization Suite, combined with Microsoft�s robust reporting capabilities,
were included in discussions during Rainmaker�s one-day visit to the Atlanta-based
Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) earlier this month.
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Tammy Farley, Principal and Executive Vice President
The Rainmaker Group
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�Five of our team spent a day at
the Microsoft Technology Center for a strategy briefing as it relates to
the gaming hospitality market,� said Tammy Farley, Executive Vice President
and Principal with The Rainmaker Group. �The briefing included SQL Server
Analytics and the Business Intelligence stack. This technology opens
the door for gaming hospitality operators to take the rich data in our
applications, combined with Microsoft�s robust reporting capabilities,
and exploit data throughout the enterprise beyond the revenue management
boundary to include budget data, occupancy data, and more."
�Coming to the MTC strengthened the valuable collaborative relationship
we have with Rainmaker by giving them access to training resources, in-depth
technical knowledge, and firsthand experience with the high level of investment
Microsoft makes as a company in the success of our partners.� said Bill
Pierson, Director of the Atlanta Microsoft Technology Center. |
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In June 2008, Rainmaker released its popular revolution
and revolution LRO Profit Optimization
Suites on the Microsoft software platform, providing clients with the flexibility
via Microsoft's .NET Framework architecture to self-host, or have Rainmaker
host their applications in its secure SunGard hosting services.
 About
Rainmaker Group
The Rainmaker Group is a software
and services company that provides revenue management for more than one-half
million units in the gaming hospitality, multifamily housing and other
industries. Rainmaker implements and supports the revolution
Product Suite, which maximizes total property profitability for operators
of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables
clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable
revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker
Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate,
instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each
guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable
customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality
clients include Boyd Gaming, Harrah�s Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE,
Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.
The Rainmaker Group also provides the revolution
LRO TM profit optimization solution that
enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment
leases. revolution LRO TM
lease rate improvement results have been reviewed and validated by independent
accounting firms. For more than five years revolution
LRO TM has delivered optimized leasing
rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity
Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing,
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily
housing companies. |